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- If you were a Unix, what would you be?
- If you were a Unix, what would you be?OK......go ahead, drop the other shoe. If you were Windows, what would you be? What adjectives do you use to descrbe Windows? This ought to be interesting... :)Seriously, though, doesn't this only reinforce the perception that one's choice of Operating System is...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, BSD 4.3, Like Linux, Unix
- Discussion threads 2006-01-05
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- WebKit for IE? "Interesting," but it's ever going to happen
- WebKit for IE? "Interesting," but it's ever going to happenThe biggest reason is the lock-in that MS gets from incompatibilities. TheyWILL maintain as many incompatibilities as possible as long as possible.You get a thumbs up for "blorgasm"!! :) nt.GPL??? Fact-check please.WebKit is BSD licensed. The JavaScriptCore and WebCore components are...
- Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, WebKit, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7
- Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7In the next 12 months . . .WM7 is way more important than Azure and W7 combined. M$ has to right this sinking WM ship. Apple is eating their lunch, and now Google has entered the fray with their very compelling G1...
- Tags: Operating systems, enterprise market, Microsoft Corp., Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, WM7
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Theora codec hits Release 1.0
- A codec under a modified BSD license, capable of playing video in high quality, is now ready for mass market adoption. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Codec, Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- MS08-067 worms squirming in the wild
- MS08-067 worms squirming in the wildI will not be directly affected.I use Linux. (This is a trap for the Windows fanboys to proclaim that Linux would be as vulnerable if it was as popular as Windows.)thanks sincerely, RyanThis time you were really clear that there was a fix, and...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, LANs, Viruses and worms, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, MS08-067 worm, MS08-067, worm, Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- R-Linux Free Recovery (exe)
- R-Linux is a free data recovery and undelete utility for Ext2FS/3FS Linux file systems. File recovery after power failure, system crash, virus infection or partition reformation, even for the different file system. Unformat and unerase tool. The utility creates image files an entire disk, partition or its part. Such drive...
- Tags: R-tools Technology, Disk, Recovery, File System, R-Linux, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-11-03
- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureOne application per serverThis model is pathetic. Mainframes can run more than one application at a time. So can UNIX machines. Windoze CAN run more than one application at a time, but the more apps you run simultaneously - the higher the risk of failure.This...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Operating systems, hardware, mainframe, Microsoft Windows, server, software, Microsoft Corp., United Parcel Service of America Inc., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- How many distros can a healthy netbook market stand?
- How many distros can a healthy netbook market stand?So what exactly is the problem?Do a little research on the device you're buying, and make sure it comes with the software you want. If you're an RPM guy, don't by the Ubuntu-based netbook.Don't you do research before you buy a...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Linux Standard Base, distro, Ubuntu, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
- Microsoft launches a development-tool-focused incubator
- Microsoft launches a development-tool-focused incubatorthat's doomed to failunless they GPL the code.RE: doomed to failYeah, and Apache and Android are doomed to fail unless they um... Apache 2.0 the code.Ruby on Rails and Mono are doomed to fail unless they um... MIT X11 the code.PostgreSQL and Google Chrome are doomed...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, development-tool, Microsoft Launches, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-24
- Red Hat CEO: Vista marks end of 'planned software'
- Red Hat CEO: Vista marks end of 'planned software'Red Hat CEO: Vista marks end of 'planned software'Is this guy completely clueless? Who actually listens to this fool? Planned software is the backbone of the software industry. That is how they get customers to prepare for an upgrade...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM OS, Red Hat Inc., software, Linux, open source, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-10-20
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot
- My "Free Enterprise OSes" post got a lot of attention and a lot of positive feedback, particularly from those who are now actually considering using some of these in order to reduce license costs. Still, while I am glad people are now considering...
- Tags: Novell Inc., openSUSE, Sun Solaris, Servers, Operating Systems, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)Great blog! One remark: support for Ubuntu Server LTS is 5 yearsExcellent article, well documented! This should be very helpful for decision making, particularly in companies.One remark though: the server edition of Ubuntu is longer supported than you have written. Plus not...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Servers, Ubuntu, server edition, Debian, Ubuntu Server, server, Free Enterprise OSes, Ubuntu LTS, Linux, recession
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Google will appeal German copyright decision
- Google will appeal German copyright decisionThe problem here is thatbasicly, Google is deriving their income from other people's work.Whether it could help/hurt the author of said work is a discussion for another day, (as in, it can help an author gain name recognition he would have not had been able...
- Tags: Google Inc., German copyright decision, copyright decision, income
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Value, value and values in an open source world
- Value, value and values in an open source worldWhy is it that many feel that companies should/mustshare software code, yet they draw the line at sharing anything which maintaines their own income?I do not see Boeing sharing design or manufacturing techniues with Airbus, KFC and Coca-Cola keep their recipies under...
- Tags: proprietary software, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)Pound for pound ...I think you're the best Zdnet might have. Dre` is OK, but he is still too Windows centric. Keep'em comming.^o^ ]:)Re: Surviving...;-)Great article as always, even if you have to diss me to do it.Support periodsGood article! I...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, LTS, recession, Ubuntu, LTS-version, Free Linux, stability update, Linux, Part 1
- Discussion threads 2008-10-12
- Anatomy of an attack: <EM>The New York Times</EM> on Solaris
- Anatomy of an attack: The New York Times on Solarishmm>> Sun’s Boyle acknowledges that Sun employees participate in OpenSolaris development, but says they do so along with individual and corporate contributors such as Intel. Community registrations in the OpenSolaris community exceed 160,000, far in excess of Sun’s total employee account...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Murphy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Murph, Sun Solaris, New York Times Co., Microsoft Windows NT, Sun Products
- Discussion threads 2008-10-11
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows Kernel, Craig, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, parallel-processing tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Win32, tweak, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMware
- Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareAs if...As if Apple, Apple fanboys, Linux fanboys and every other MS competitor don't refer to their anti-MS playbook every single day.What exactly is your point with this article, Mary Jo Foley?RE: Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareBeside the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., Linux, anti-Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhere
- Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhereMy guess is......they're touting the Microsoft and Windows brands, not a particular product.Carl RapsonRE: Microsoft'sOh boy, I'm sure these ads will be just as over analyzed and picked apart in every minute detail like the first two. The point...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), advertisement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Adrian, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
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